20 No thought escapes him. There is not a word hidden from him. (WEB) 21 He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom. He is from everlasting to everlasting. Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them. He had no need of any counselor. (WEB) 22 How desirable are all his works! One may see this even in a spark. (WEB)
Sirach 42:20–22
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Sirach 39:19–21
19 The works of all flesh are before him. It’s impossible to be hidden from his eyes. (WEB) 20 He sees from everlasting to everlasting. There is nothing too wonderful for him. (WEB) 21 No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for all things are created for their own uses. (WEB)
1 Clement 27:5–7
5 Who shall say unto Him, What hast thou done? or who shall resist the might of His strength? When He listeth, and as He listeth, He will do all things; and nothing shall pass away of those things that He hath decreed. (1CL) 6 All things are in His sight, and nothing es… (1CL)
Sirach 18:3–5
3 Who governeth the world with the palm of his hand, and all things obey his will: for he is the King of all, by his power dividing holy things among them from profane. (KJV) 4 He has given power to declare his works to no one. Who could trace out his mighty deeds? (WEB) 5 Who c… (WEB)
Sirach 23:19–21
19 The eyes of men are his terror. He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, seeing all the ways of men, and looking into secret places. (WEB) 20 All things were known to him before they were created, and also after they were… (WEB) 21 … (WEB)
Book of Enoch 39:10–12
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Sirach 16:19–21
19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together are shaken with trembling when he looks at them. (WEB) 20 No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways? (WEB) 21 Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden. (WEB)
Job 5:8–10
8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him— 9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. 10 He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
Odes of Solomon 16:8–10
8 For the word of the Lord searches out all things, both the invisible and that which reveals His thought; (ODE) 9 For the eye sees His works, and the ear hears His thought; (ODE) 10 He spread out the earth and He settled the waters in the sea: (ODE)
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